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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Accidents

Accidents, 1917

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Priest Drowned a Strange Occurrence Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Monday 5 February 1917 · page 1

At the Coogee baths yesterday the Rev. Charles Donnelly, assistant priest at Temora, disappeared. He was in Sydney on a holiday, and went into the…

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South Coast Mystery an Unknown Woman Drowned. Wollongong

The Bathurst Times · Monday 5 February 1917 · page 4

Early in the week the body of an unknown woman was washed ashore at Paterson's Beach, near Clifton. The woman was seen to alight from the…

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Motor Accidents

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 5 February 1917 · page 2

It was rumored in town this morning that three motor accidents had occurred in the district. One happened on Saturday morning, between. Mt. Victoria and Blackheath. Two…

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German Troop Train in Collision. Amsterdam

National Advocate · Tuesday 6 February 1917 · page 2

A military train collided with a passenger train near Dusseldorff (Germany), with the result that 100 were killed and injured…

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Found Drowned. Clifton

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 7 February 1917 · page 1

An open verdict of found drowned, was returned by the Deputy Coroner (Mr. Kirby) in the case of an unknown woman who was found on…

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Painful Accident

Leader · Wednesday 7 February 1917 · page 2

Mr. Alf Lane met with a painful accident on Monday. He was riding a bicycle in Summer street, and proceeding along side of him was a man…

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Railway Fatality. Albury

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 8 February 1917 · page 1

As the Sydney mail train was approaching a crossing about a mile and a half from Albury [?] at mid-day, the driver, Samuel George…

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British Steamer Shelled. Five Killed, Others Injured. London

National Advocate · Thursday 8 February 1917 · page 2

The British steamer Fernwood has been shelled and sunk. Five were killed and other injured…

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Accident to Mr. F. C. Hackett

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 8 February 1917 · page 15

while out inspecting stock the other day, Mr. F. C. Hackett, Merriwa's leading stock and station agent, met with a very nasty…

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Liner Sunk Passenger Killed 30 Others Injured. American Escapes. Washington

The Bathurst Times · Friday 9 February 1917 · page 2

The American Consul at Queens-town, Ireland, reports the sinking by a German submarine of the Anchor liner California…

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Serious Accident

Molong Argus · Friday 9 February 1917 · page 4

On Monday evening last Mr G. Eggleston, [?]., of "Rosewood," had the misfortune to meat with a serious accident. It appears that Mr…

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America Still Talking Not an Overt Act Sining of the California One Killed, 30 INJURED. 41 Missing. London

National Advocate · Saturday 10 February 1917 · page 2

The liner California was torpedoed. One was killed and 30 injured. VANCOUVER. Thursday. The California's survivors total 162…

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Double Drowning Fatality. Sydney

Leader · Monday 12 February 1917 · page 4

A double drowning fatality occurred at Narrabeen Lake yesterday. Two brothers, Kenneth George, Whyte 14, and Stanley Graham Why be, 11,…

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Drowning Accident One Body Recovered. Brother Still Missing. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Monday 12 February 1917 · page 4
Also in National Advocate

Two brothers, Kenneth George Whyre, 14, and Stanley Browne Whyte, II, who were on a holiday with their parents at Narrabeen, left their home at noon…

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Drowned in the Murray. Berrigan

The Bathurst Times · Monday 12 February 1917 · page 1

The mystery surrounding the disappearance of George Bell, 40, and Charles Bruce, 10, who had failed to return from a fishing trip last Sunday, has…

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Motor Smash Tire Blows Out. Driver Injured. Newcastle

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 13 February 1917 · page 3

The tire of a motor car, containing live persons, blew out at Swansea on Sunday. The car capsized, and the occupants were thrown out…

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Motoring Fatality. Adelaide

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 14 February 1917 · page 3

M. R. Rowe, the 4 year old son of Mr. R. E. Rowe, of Parkiside, was killed in a motor accident at Wavereley Ridge, near Mount Lofty. The car overturned,…

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Runaway Truck. Collision with a Train Hobart

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 14 February 1917 · page 2

A runaway truck at Mount [?] Zeechan, [?] a train side on injuring several person and damaging two carriages…

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Boy Suffocated Others Injured. Sydney

National Advocate · Thursday 15 February 1917 · page 2

As a result of a fire which occurred at a cinematograph entertainment in the Boy's Brigade building at the corner of Riley and Arthur Sts…

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